The name
Pseudastur was coined by
Edward Blyth, but was first published in
George Robert Gray's Index. The type species is the white hawk,
Falco albicollis Latham, 1790. The species were placed for some time in the genus
Leucopternis, however this genus was found to be polyphyletic. In 2012 the American Ornithologists' Union split Leucopternis, placing the white hawk and its relatives under the old name
Pseudastur.The genus contains the following species: == References ==